Protective mounting for uniform caps



Dec. 6, 1955 H. LEV

PROTECTIVE MOUNTING FOR UNIFORM CAPS Filed April 23, 1952 United StatesPatent PROTECTIVE MOUNTING FOR UNIFORM CAPS Harry Lev, Chicago, Ill.Application April 23, 1952, Serial No. 283,911

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-8) This invention relates to a carton of paperboard orthe like having therein a supporting mounting for a uniform cap which isthereby held in a fixed position where it is protected at all times andunder all normal conditions of storage or shipment.

Uniform caps of the type for which the present carton has been designedare made with an endless frame of slightly oval contour and sufiicientlyresilient to comfortably conform with the head of the wearer. From sucha frame a relatively stiff visor extends forwardly and downwardly at thefront. A strap surrounds the frame in its lower portion and a flexiblecrown surmounts the frame to be supported at the front where the crownrises to a peak. This one support may or may not be yieldable, dependingupon the construction that is used, but elsewhere the cap crown isextended laterally outwardly beyond the frame with freedom to droopthrough the rearward portion thereof. It is desirable that in storage orshipment the cap should be adequately protected so as to maintain itsoriginal contour, form and shape, and it is with a view to accomplishingthis end that the present carton has been designed.

A suggestive embodiment of this invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the carton with a portion thereofbroken away to show a uniform cap that is supported in a protectedposition therein;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the carton, taken in a plane justbelow its top, the cap mounted within the carton being shown partly inplan and partly in horizontal section;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail in vertical section showing the platformin its operative relation to the carton bottom and one of its sides.

The carton which is desirably made of a suitable paperboard is formedwith a substantially square bottom 5 from which upstands four sides 6. Atop cover 7 is formed as an extension of one of the sides, and in itsdown position the cover is adapted to rest upon flanges 8 which areinturned from the remaining three sides at their tops. In all essentialdetails the present carton may be of conventional construction so thatfurther description thereof is unnecessary.

The uniform cap A for which such a carton is designed is of the typewhich comprises an endless frame P which is of slightly oval contour andaround which is fitted a strap S. This frame is somewhat resilientso asto shape itself in conformity with the contour of the head on which itis worn. Extending forwardly and downwardly from the frame at its frontis a relatively stiff visor V. A crown C surmounts the frame, and itsfront end is supported in any suitable way to provide a peak p which isof maximum elevation. The crown which is relatively flexible extendslaterally and outwardly to provide an arcuate eave portion e which isdisposed beyond the frame to the rear of the cap. The cave portion tendsto droop down exteriorly 2,725,977 Patented Dec. 6, 1955 2 of the frameto overlie the upper portion thereof, particularly when not on the headof the wearer. To protect such a cap, while stored or shipped, the

present improvements have been designed. These com-' prise asubstantially-square platform 10 of paperboard or the like. Thisplatform which extends close to each of the upstanding side walls of thecarton is downturned at its margins to provide depending flanges 1.Owing to the resiliency which is inherent in the paperboard that shouldbe chosen for the platform the flanges 11 tend to spring outwardly intofrictional engagement with the carton walls 6. When operativelypositioned within the carton, the bottom edges of these flanges rest onits bottom 5, so as to support the platform in a fixed position ofelevation. The depending flanges 11 therefore provide a sustainingsupport for the platform when the carton is in its normal position withits open top uppermost, and also a frictional connection with the cartonsides such as to hold the platform against displacement even when thecarton is inverted.

A large opening 15 is provided in the platform. The contour of thisopening is slighty oval with its long axis extending between two of theopposite corners of the carton. At its smaller end the opening is closerto the proximate corner of the platform than is the larger end of theopening to the platform corner that is proximate thereto (see Fig. 3).In general, the shape of the opening corresponds with the contour of theframe, but its size is slightly larger so that a space intervenes allaround when the cap frame is fitted within the aperture.

In placing the cap within the carton for mounting upon the platform, thevisor is first passed through the smaller end of the opening and theframe is then pressed inwardly, wherever necessary, to facilitate itsmovement through the opening. When done, the visor along its front edgewill be rested upon the carton bottom 5 thereby to support the front endof the cap fixedly with its peak just below the top 7 of the carton (seeFig. 3). The crown eave portion e is engaged on its underside by theplatform which provides a sustaining support therefor so as to preventdrooping thereof. When so supported, the cap frame F will also be liftedslightly off of the carton bottom 5 (see Fig. 3). The support for thecap crown thus furnished by the platform extends for a very substantialarcuate distance thereby distributing the cap weight Widely over theplatform. As a result there is no localized pressure tending to distortthe platform or the cap crown and push it out of shape.

A uniform cap of the kind described when mounted within a carton havingthe features of this invention'may be safely stored or shipped. Evenwhen the carton is inverted, the cap will be held against shiftingmovement within the carton. This is due to the fact that the strap S isfree to engage the underside of the platform 10 if the cap eave portione should shift away from the platform. The same is true at the front endwhere the visor V will engage the underside of the platform 10 toprevent any extended upward movement of the cap at this point.

I claim:

The combination with a top-opening, four-sided, bottomed carton, of arectangular cap-mounting platform of slightly resilient materialarranged generally transversely within the carton, extending close toeach of its sides, and provided with depending marginal flanges infrictional pressure engagement with the carton sides and in supportingengagement with the carton bottom, thereby to sustain the platform at afixed distance between the carton top and bottom whether or not thecarton be inverted, the platform being formed therethrough with only asingle elliptical opening having its major axis extending diagonallybetween two of its opposite corners, the opening in the platform snuglyreceiving a uniform cap with its crown 3 4 portion above the platformand its peak at the front below References Cited in the file of thispatent theeartomtop andhwithits visor. below .thetplatform in PATENTS.supportlng engagement at 1ts front wlth the carton bottom in one cornerportion thereof and in proximity to two 1625 Donahoe 1927adjacent'cartomsidesnhereby to betestrained fromtuming' 5 1901530Pcuymounter 1933 within its mounting on the platfonn; the openingoccupy- 2064321 Rossum 1936 in'g. tl1e:major portion of the" uppersurface ofsaid=pla tforrn, FOR IGN PA N and: the' platform' provrdmg:a:. support ofisubstantmb ex- 194,496 Great Bram-H Man 15, 1923 tent forthe drooping easie -portion of the cap at its rear whereby to sustain'the cap: frame ofiof the cartonxbottom 10 and in spacedwelation thereto.

